Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-07-08

where the fraud has charge Of the books, it
Is q very inexpert rascal who cannot hide
his defalcations and make his books bal
anee to 1t" In most cases it is not till
the thief decamps, frightened at the ex-
tent of his deficiency, or dies, when his
books are examined in earnest, that the
rascal is found out. Rome was not built
in day and in day the Democratic adj
ministration could not straighten out the
eutaUglements of twenty years of Repub-
lican bookkeeping, especially when the
Republicans still continued TO keep the
books
1t Is unfair to cast all the blame on the
administration for Republican frauds I'M
discovered. 1t was hampered by two
popular cries, each meant as cure for Re-
publican corruption. One was Civil Ser
vice Reform" the other Turn the rascals
out ~ The former seemed to predominant
and the administration did its best to carry
out the popular will. The latter
was regarded as the cry OF the
spokesman and the administration
endeavored to carry out its civil service
pledges, making offensive partisanship"
the least cause for dismissal. Thus with
indispensable men," who are Republi-
cans, to carry out Democratic pledges to
let the people look at the books, it IS not to
be wondered at that the books balanced.
Hence the sarcastic cry 'NOt a cent miss
ingw
But little by little the eorruptions OF
twenty years of Republican rule are leak
ing out, Notwithstanding the prima tdeie
case Is it presents itself, with the Demo
cratic Administration keeping ''indispen-
sable mem of the Republican persuasion.
p. E. WILSON, clerk in the Patent office,
was appointed Chief Assistant of the As
sigament Division in 1852. He states that
during the GARFIELD campaign he was
assessed 2 per cent. Of his ST.
airy, $500. He did not vol
uuteer the information, but he
made the statement because of the list Of
assessments made by JAY HUBBELL. He
is recorded as having paid SO in the GAR
FIELD campaign. On being asked by a
reporter if he had paid this amount he
said: Before the Ohio election they as
sessed ME $40, but l did not respond.
Just before the November election LEVI
BACON sent for me to come around. He
said, 4 want to know if you have paid
YOUR assessment / said, l have not.
Are you going to pay it, he said. l re-
piled that l had not concluded that l
would. Well sand BACON, all have
got to say is that l have got list of the
delinquents sent me by Mr.. LOCKWOOD,
the chief clerk of the Interior Department,
with the statement that you bad better
pay that damned quick went to see
LOCKWOOD and paid him S25, and ne
wanted to know if would pay the balance
and did not answer, but did not pay 1t.
| remember that when BACON sent for me
that he said, You and RABBsoN IA
clerk who was assessed on account OF
Malne), have not paid anything, and we
want to see that you do. And ZACH CHAN.
DLER (he was Secretary of the Interior
them, amt going to stand any damned
nonsense of this kind | was afraid l
would lose my place, and l paid this so
10 staye it of BACON was running the
campaign in the Interior Department. He
was HUBBELL'S cashier. No, l am mis-
taken; there was a little bit OF a sandy
haired man, short, chunky fellow, who
was cashier. am told he got per cent
of all he collected from the clerks, and
that he made s., OOO commissions. "
1t will be seen that two of Mr.. LAMAR's
indispensable meu' are involved i'll this
corrupt transaction. This ought to he a
warning to the Administration. 1t mat
tiers not how fair their exterior may be,
the fact that they were the pets OF JAY
HUBBELL, ZACH CHANDLER Il. al, IS sui
fcient evidence that they are not worthy
the trust, even if the revelations that are
daily developing did not confirm the sus-
picion that they are all tarred with the
same stick.
The Administration should not wait for
any more of these Indispensable Repub-
lieans to die TO prove the correctness OF the
Democratic position that it was necessary
for the interests of the people that the
hooks should be opened. 1t should open
them again where they have not been
opened by Democratic fingers and to do it
should Turn the rascals out"